'Gratification' definitions:
Definition of 'gratification'
(from WordNet)
noun
State of being gratified or satisfied; "dull repetitious work gives no gratification"; "to my immense gratification he arrived on time" [syn: gratification, satisfaction]
noun
The act or an instance of satisfying
Definition of 'Gratification'
From: GCIDE
- Gratification \Grat"i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. gratificatio: cf. F. gratification.]
- 1. The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A reward; a recompense; a gratuity. --Bp. Morton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gratification'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amusement,
- animal pleasure,
- bodily pleasure,
- boodle,
- bribe,
- bribe money,
- carnal delight,
- coddling,
- comfort,
- compensation,
- content,
- contentment,
- cosseting,
- coziness,
- creature comforts,
- delight,
- ease,
- endpleasure,
- enjoyment,
- entertainment,
- euphoria,
- favoring,
- forepleasure,
- fruition,
- fun,
- gratuity,
- great satisfaction,
- gusto,
- hearty enjoyment,
- humoring,
- hush money,
- indulgence,
- intellectual pleasure,
- joie de vivre,
- keen pleasure,
- kicks,
- luxury,
- mollycoddling,
- obliging,
- overindulgence,
- overpermissiveness,
- pampering,
- payoff,
- payola,
- permissiveness,
- physical pleasure,
- pleasing,
- pleasure,
- protection,
- quiet pleasure,
- recompense,
- relish,
- requital,
- return,
- reward,
- satisfaction,
- self-gratification,
- self-indulgence,
- sensual pleasure,
- sensuous pleasure,
- sexual pleasure,
- sop,
- spoiling,
- sweetness of life,
- titillation,
- voluptuousness,
- well-being,
- zest